Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-05

Iehue0 70 leave for Montreal Yesterday morning
attached to the train he deferred his denarfnre
unIdt S:!o last night, taking the sleeping car
10 montreal He was accompanied by his
ner nome In Montreal. 1t is understood thar she
was not seriously injured. The latest reports re.
neIe state that the number Of killed reaches
1ured. --A0 "e'o AA'
co TEE DISASTER OF FRIGHTFuL PROPORTIONS
,, UokCokD. n H., Feb 5.-The reports OF the acct.
Vermont ene WOODSTOCK bridge, at West Hartford
ow1ng probably to the distance Of the scene of the
n11a rom place whence direct communication
acc!dent Is very serious one. At first It was re-
pofueG that SO persons had been killed. and. in
o,s statement has not yet been refuted
junction says that ten bodies have already been
Eanea rom the wreck, and that a number OF in
aoa patsengers are being taken to the nearest
THE NUMBER OF KILLED PLACED AT FIFTY,
g., BOSTON, zen. "a dispatch from Bradford. vt.
70 tne Associated ass Press says: The night express
treal, filled with passengers from BOSTON and New
1Ork Ior the carnival, was wrecked at the frst
crossing OF the White river. A rail broke, and the
sleeping car went over the bridge sixty feet into
the nver: Before the engineer or any one couid
s1 ,r 10 Inc wreck the cars had caught fire and
OF twenty minutes all were DESTROYED. It is estf.
m ,,e t9aI nifty persons were killed Henry Tux
trer is Isl a mess KfSandolph Vt, welknown lee
III HANOVER, Nh, Feb. Sword has been received
LEI ra Ina, tmaI EdWard Dillon, of Springfield Vt,
Ha w heu In Inc railroad accident this morning
ne was MEMBER OF the sophomore class at Dart
NOUN NOUN ana pitcher for tine University nine. A. r.
veasie, ciassmate, was with him. but escaped
Full Details Of the Disaster.
CONCORD, N. H., Feb. 5.-The express train that
lett Boston at Z O'Clock last night met with ter.
rOie accident near Woodstock on the Central YER
mont mont railroad at about 2:3O this morning. The
talned at White River Junction, SO it was
a sa,t ., one hour and a half late when it
1 teI1 there There. 1t consisted OF locomo-
i've, baggage car, postal car, two passenger
coacnes and two sleeping cars and was running at
the usual rate OF speed. When about two hundred
od Wnds u Inc emo OF the deck bridge near the
me locomotive, baggage car and postal car broke
away from the rest OF the train. passing over the
from the rails and continued on the roadhed until
IL came near the end OF the bridge but there it
over the aoutment, and all OF the cars
FELL INTO WHITE RIVER, sOMR FIFTY FEET BELOW
The gorge at this point is fr1ghtful, and when
the cars went down there was q terr7bie crash
AS soon as possible the detached part of the train
ana ran PACK to the Of the
ing. Assistance also came from the people living
In the vicinity and everything was done to rescue
ana relieve the injured. Soon after help arrived it
passenger coach and 'S'
SOON THE ENTIRE TRAIN WAS ABLAze.
thus adding new horror to the already frtghtfu,
catastrophe. Those present were pOwerless TO
st4p Inc nre and devoted themselves entirely to
attempting 10 rescue those imprisoned in the
wreck. The rescuers met another and an un
expected obstacle in the heat, which had become
sbeir eoyts sa "a tney were obliged to renqush
peneo 10 retreat to place Of safety for them
selves ana to become unwilling and horror-strIcken
MthesseS vi the holocaust In addition to this
ana TO add to the terrors and sufrerings OF the
passengers ~ 'Ao
THE WEATHER WAS INTENSELY COLD
and the heroic rescuers were hindered thereby in
their work. No water could be obtained with
which to check or extlnguish the flames The Ice
was several inches thick on the river and there
were no appliances at hand to raise it.
AN EYEWITNESS STORY.
1n ira A. Chase Of Bristol was at White River
JuncIion when the news OF the disaster was re-
e ss he went to the wreck on special train.
MS h secly OF Inc Inc accident Is as follows
tne accident Is thought to have occurred
s az aeI awo S h an broken rail discovered
whether this caused the accident or a wheel i
nrst broke 1t, is in doubt. The locomotive
s anu ana mail cars crossed the bridge in
Ing car "Pilgrim" and the Springfield sleeper
~; Adams" went on the bridge at the end
fo ees n. nand side and apparently turned bot
InaI When tney got to the scene there was no fire
except in the forward passenger car. but the
tnen the brsps TO the other cars and
se, th 50 lSr as KNOWN were taken out alive
20 Cde cars which were burned. Two Of these
and Ed. Brocklebanks, q brakeman. but thew
died soon afterwards The two nassenuer
c goa na, were well filled, and every berth in
IN Ine one from Springfield, making the total
numDer OF passengers In the wrecked cars about
eighty. This will probably make
The lumber OF DEAD BETWEEN FIFTY AND SIXTY.
Qyuoc 1afry
above the water which was covered with thick
crsn, ang probable that death resulted from
who might have been rescued alive but for the
nalnes. brakeman Perker, who was on the for
and saved h,s me nrst passenger car felt the jar
cured conveyance and carried the news to White
River junction. ~ "A-''o
The Story Of One Who Escaped.
CONCORD, NH, Feb. San occupant OF the
Boston sleeper, on the wrecked Montreal train.
whose name could not be ascertatned. passed
through here this afternoon. He said the car was
full every berth being occupied The train was
late out OF White River Junction, and when It left
senger Car. = f~
He thinks 1t must have been about 2:10 q. m.
car, as Il it were on the rails. This movement he
notlced put 9 short time, when he became con-
scious that the coach had gone over the abutment
SINKING WITH FRIGHTFUL RAPnrTY.
TO add TO his CONSERVATION the car turned INSIDE
down. and when It struck the ice In the river the
Top crushed In. He occupied the lower berth
ana ~ almost superhuman exertionS sue.
ceeoed In extricattng himself from the
wreck He was well acquainted with the
occupant OF the upper berth q Boston gentleman
ana as quickly as possible set himself at work to
relieve his friend. He worked with energy and by
Kind words eheered him, but his efforts proved I'M
successful, and he was finally driven away by the
uameS ana became an involuntary witness OF
THR H0RRIBLR DEATH or HIS COMPANION
who was burned before his eyes. He saw quite q
NUMBER OF persons rescued, many OF them with
severe bruises and burns. But few bodies had
been taken out when he left. At that time It was
amPo6anie 10 ascertain tho names or the number
OF the victimS
THINKS ONLY rHrKEY LIVES wxRR Losf.
He oppressed the belief, however, that not more
IMAM thirty persons were killed. The railroad
Df1ago TOOK Mre nom the wreck and was totally
DESTROYED. The accident is the most terrible OF
any tnAs ever occurred In northern New England.
A Bag Mos4utso Netting Factory Burned
PATTERSON, N. J., Feb. 6--HaEmony mill part OF
= y. Adams large establishment took IRE at
0:zS O'Clock this morning, but at 10:16 an. the
me- was under control. The min Is devoted
70 the m0uufActureOf mOS0uftO netting. The lOSS